GW Arts & Sciences
April 2015
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Among the Columbian College faculty getting recent press are the following individuals, listed by department: 

American Studies

Elisabeth Anker was interviewed by Jadaliyya for "New Texts Out Now: Elisabeth Anker, Orgies of Feeling: Melodrama and the Politics of Freedom." She was also interviewed by the blog Process for "Elisabeth Anker: Origies of Feeling."

Anthropology

Bernard Wood was quoted in "Fossil Jaw Sheds Light on Turning Point in Human Evolution" (The Associated Press). 

Economics

Jay Shambaugh spoke on WBUR-FM's On Point (audio) about the global strength of the dollar.

Tara Sinclair was quoted in the Bloomberg Business articles "What to Watch for in Friday’s U.S. Jobs Report" and "British Workers Are Getting a Promotion, But Not a Raise." She was also quoted by PolitiFact in "White House aide says job growth now at 'fastest pace in this country's history.’" Additionally, she appeared on This Morning: America's First News with Gordon Deal (audio) to speak about the February unemployment report and on Bloomberg Radio (audio) about her research into job trends.

English

Thomas Mallon wrote a piece on "What’s More Important to You: the Initial Rush of Prose or the Self-Editing and Revision That Come After It?" for The New York Times. He also authored "Restless Realism" about the fiction of Mario Vargas Llosa for The New Yorker.

Gayle Wald appeared on KUOW-FM's The Record (audio) to talk about Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

History

Eric Arnesen co-chaired a seminar on C-SPAN2 (video) about the book The Strategist: Brent Scowcroft and the Call of National Security. He was also interviewed on KPFA-FM's Against the Grain (audio) and quoted in the World News Online article "Black History Month 2015: Union power for civil rights."

Robert J. Cottrol was quoted in "Obama’s Proposed Ban on ‘Green Tip’ Bullets Misfires" (Newsweek).

Interior Architecture and Design

Catherine Anderson authored The Conversation article "Michael Graves sought to create joy through superior design."

Mathematics

Dan Ullman wrote "Pi Day is silly, but π itself is mysterious and universal" for The Conversation

Media and Public Affairs

P.J. Crowley wrote "Netanyahu win gives Obama a headache" (BBC News) and spoke on Voice of America's Encounter (audio) about foreign policy and Congress.

David Karpf was quoted in "5 Videos That Changed Washington" (Washingtonian).

Steven Livingston spoke with VICE News for "Emphasis Added: The Media and the Islamic State."

Steven Roberts guest hosted WAMU-FM's The Diane Rehm Show (audio: 1, 2).

Nina Seavey spoke with Air Talk (audio) on KPCC-FM about the case against Robert Durst.

Frank Sesno was quoted in "How Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama Became Media Control Freaks" (Daily Beast) and "'The Jinx' finale, Robert Durst and documentaries as judge and jury" (The Los Angeles Times). 

Tara Sonenshine authored The Huffingon Post articles "Leading a Reader to Lead" and "Having Faith in Faith."

Nikki Usher was quoted in "Star Tribune reshapes itself for future with move to new Minneapolis offices" (The Minneapolis Star Tribune) and "South African Trevor Noah to Succeed Stewart at ‘Daily Show’" (Bloomberg).

Political Science

Stephen Biddle spoke with WBUR-FM's On Point (audio) about the battle of Tikrit and the fight against ISIS. He was also quoted in "Iranian Role in Fighting IS in Iraq: Where Will It Lead?" (The Associated Press), "Obama’s pragmatism, convictions collide in his handling of two wars" (The Washington Post) and "What's at Stake in Tikrit" (The Atlantic).

Sarah Binder authored "Je suis Peep," "The politics of centralizing power in the Fed" and "Bipartisan Doc-fix passes the House: How did polarized parties do it?" for The Washington Post blog, The Monkey Cage. She was also quoted by New York Daily News in "Congress as kabuki theater: A late-night voting session is a triumph of symbolism over substance."

Bruce Dickson was quoted in the The Huffington Post article "In China, Only Leaders Are Allowed to Battle Corruption."

Henry Farrell wrote "Ferguson’s government was run like a racket," "How the White House snubbed Irish politicians on St. Patrick’s Day," "Why ‘Dark Web’ drug markets will keep on imploding" and "People are freaking out about the Trans Pacific Partnership’s investor dispute settlement system. Why should you care?" for The Monkey Cage. He was also quoted by The Washington Post in "Ferguson shows how a police force can turn into a plundering ‘collection agency.’"

Harvey Feigenbaum was quoted by Le Devoir in "Une querelle toute politique" and spoke with Swiss Public Radio's Forum (audio) about public-private partnerships in university research.

Evgeny Finkel wrote "To Bibi or not to Bibi" for The Monkey Cage.

Danny Hayes published "As Local News Goes, So Goes Citizen Engagement: Media, Knowledge, and Participation in US House Elections" in The Journal of Politics.

Marc Lynch authored "The political theory of Kendrick Lamar" and "Islamism in the IS age" for The Monkey Cage. He was also quoted by The Washington Examiner in "Kurds' success against Islamic State is diplomatic problem for the U.S."

Harris Mylonas penned the article "Greece" which was published in the European Journal of Political Research.

David Shambaugh wrote The Wall Street Journal piece "The Coming Chinese Crackup," which was discussed in "Prominent China Scholar Says The Communist Party Is Near Death. China Says He’s Crazy. Who’s Right?" (Slate), "Why Do People Keep Predicting China's Collapse?" (The Diplomat) and "Why China Won’t Manage The Great Escape" (Forbes). He was interviewed by The New York Times for "Q. and A.: David Shambaugh on the Risks to Chinese Communist Rule" and spoke with WBUR-FM's On Point (audio). Shambaugh was also quoted in "Why David Shambaugh's 'Coming Chinese Crackup' Case Is Wrong" (Forbes) and "As China moves away from communist regime, cracks appear" (The Globe and Mail).

John Sides authored several articles for The Monkey Cage including: "What would change if there were more women in Congress? More than you think," "Obama suggests making it mandatory to vote. That would change very little" and "Why most American Jews vote for Democrats, explained." He was also referenced by New York Daily News in "Hillary dodges another bullet: The Clintons survive and flourish through scandal after scandal" and "Warren: Ted Cruz has no chance to be President, but is still a danger," and by Deseret News in "In our opinion: Obama muses about mandatory voting — but increased, informed voluntary balloting seems best."

Ismail White co-authored a report that was mentioned in "Where black voters stand 50 years after the Voting Rights Act was passed" (The Washington Post).

Public Policy and Public Administration

Stephanie Cellini was quoted in "Board overseeing Wisconsin’s for-profit schools fights for its life" by The Cap Times.

Susan Dudley was quoted in "EPA regulations face new test at high court" (The Hill) and her work was referenced in "Put teeth in congressional review" (The Hill). She also wrote The Conversation article "Justices debate benefits and costs of EPA mercury power plant rule."

Stuart Kasdin was cited in the Fusion article "Why the never-ending DHS shutdown fight matters."

Kathy Newcomer authored "How Do We Improve the Process of Government Improvement?" for Social Science Space.

Stephen Joel Trachtenberg was quoted in "For college, fraternity woes can cost big bucks" (CBS MoneyWatch).

Religion

Seyyed Hossein Nasr was quoted by CBS SF Bay Area in "America's First Muslim College Gains Accreditation in Berkeley."

Romance, German, and Slavic Languages and Literatures

Abdourahman Waberi was featured in the Livre/échange cover story "Abdourahman Waberi: Djiboutien du monde."

Sociology

Amitai Etzioni recorded the video blog post "Say No to Green Bananas: For Seniors Only" and wrote "The Moral Ill Effects of Teaching Economics" for The Huffington Post. He also wrote "Mearsheimer’s War With China" for The Diplomat and was mentioned in The Daily Beast article "The Last Sane Liberal."

Daniel Martinez participated in the two-part "Sociologist Roundtable" (video: 1, 2) on This is America & the World.

Speech and Hearing Sciences

Adrienne Hancock was quoted by The Huffington Post in "Why It's A Big Deal That Google's Chairman Was Called Out For Interrupting A Woman."

Theatre and Dance

Dana Tai Soon Burgess’ new work, Picasso Dances, was reviewed in The Washington Post piece, "From canvas to stage."

Maida Withers authored "Constructing an Artist Archive for the Future" for Artist-Driven Archives.